Nancy Saunders

Nancy Saunders

This pretty, blonde 1940s B-movie starlet was the daughter of newspaperman Leonard Sanders and showgirl Blanche Thompson (who also appeared in a few silent pictures). By her own account, she was born in Hollywood as Nancy Lou Sanders on June 29 1925, the day of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Curiously, being in the movies had not been her primary career choice when she was spotted dancing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub by journeyman actor and talent scout Don Dillaway. Dillaway took an instant shine to Nancy and managed to arrange a screen test at RKO. She passed muster and was rewarded with a six-month contract (being an experienced equestrian from the age of eight also helped clinch the deal). Before long, she found herself on the cover of Life magazine -- along with Jane Greer and Martha Hyer -- as one of 'nine hopefuls'. After five pictures, RKO dropped her option and Nancy moved over to Columbia where she went on to appear in no less than thirteen pictures in 1947 alone. Many of these were horse operas, including half a dozen of the Durango Kid series with Charles Starrett, shot at the Columbia ranch in Burbank. Nancy also doubled for Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (wearing a blonde wig) and The Loves of Carmen (1948) (dressed as a gypsy). She was Gerald Mohr's leading lady in The Lone Wolf in London (1947) and popped up in a few Three Stooges comedies which she later said to have really enjoyed being in. When her Hollywood career began to falter in the early 50s, Nancy found work as a tour booking agent with Air Cal Airlines. In 1996, she came out of retirement for occasional TV guest appearances. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, a sales rep for Seagram and Jim Bean. - Biography By: I.S.Mowis

  • Title: Nancy Saunders
  • Popularity: 2.045
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-06-29
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Nancy Saunders Movies

  • 1947
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    The Woman on the Beach

    The Woman on the Beach

    6 1947 HD

    A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

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    The Millerson Case

    The Millerson Case

    5.6 1947 HD

    While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.

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    I'm a Monkey's Uncle

    I'm a Monkey's Uncle

    5 1948 HD

    Set in the stone age, the stooges are cavemen who must have various misadventures hunting, gathering, and otherwise coping with prehistoric life....

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  • 1955
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    Stone Age Romeos

    Stone Age Romeos

    6.5 1955 HD

    The stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to a museum that cavemen still exist. They return from their expedition with a film purporting to...

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    Slappily Married

    Slappily Married

    5 1946 HD

    Joe's wife, who thinks he's been carrying on with another woman, moves out.

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    Whirlwind Raiders

    Whirlwind Raiders

    5 1948 HD

    It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to...

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    A Likely Story

    A Likely Story

    4.2 1947 HD

    A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.

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  • 1949
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    Outlaw Country

    Outlaw Country

    3.5 1949 HD

    Lash goes south of the border looking for a counterfeiter, a kidnapped engraver and his daughter, and the mysterious Frontier Phantom, while Fuzzy...

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    The Lone Wolf in London

    The Lone Wolf in London

    5.5 1947 HD

    Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr) is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard, where they were being held for...

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    South of the Chisholm Trail

    South of the Chisholm Trail

    1 1947 HD

    When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds from them at low-ball prices. Steve Haley suggests to...

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    Prairie Raiders

    Prairie Raiders

    5 1947 HD

    Government Agent Steve leases land to Masters so he can bring in horses for the Army. Henley has obtained a forged lease for the same land and Steve...

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    Law of the Canyon

    Law of the Canyon

    1 1947 HD

    Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break...

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    West of Dodge City

    West of Dodge City

    1 1947 HD

    Charles Starrett once again dons the disguise of the "Durango Kid" to restore law and order in this entry in Columbia's Western series. This time,...

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  • 1950
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    Arizona Territory

    Arizona Territory

    5 1950 HD

    Prospector Jeff Malloy rescues Doris Devlin, owner of a trading post, from an ambush planned by her uncle, Kilburn, who is trying to scare her out of...

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    Six-Gun Law

    Six-Gun Law

    5 1948 HD

    In this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen owns a small western town. The trouble begins when a...

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    The Shunning

    The Shunning

    6 2011 HD

    Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County...

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    Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    6 1950 HD

    Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.

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  • 1949
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    The Ghost Talks

    The Ghost Talks

    6.6 1949 HD

    The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house....

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    It Had to Be You

    It Had to Be You

    6.5 1947 HD

    A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.

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    The Locket

    The Locket

    6.4 1946 HD

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

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